Sophie masson biography

Australian author

Not to be confused with Marie-Geneviève-Sophie Masson.

Sophie MassonAM is a French-Australianfantasy and children's author.

Early life and education

Sophie Masson was born in Indonesia of French parents who are of mixed ancestry (French, Basque, Spanish and Portuguese).^[1] Masson, the third in a family of seven children, came to Australia at the age of five and spent most of the rest of her childhood shuttling back and forth between Australia and France.^[2]

Career

Her first two novels, one for adults entitled The House in the Rainforest; the second, for children, called Fire in the Sky, were published in Australia in Having written forty books, for children, young adults and adults, she is now published in the UK, United States, Thailand, France, Indonesia, Poland, Turkey, China, Korea and Germany as well as Australia.^{[citation needed]} Many of her novels are in the fantasy genre, but she has also wri